The salt of the earth - he earned his living by running the hardware store, but always managed to find time to solve the woes of his teenage kids. And he even played surrogate dad to son Richie's rather wayward collection of friends...

Now ... here's a killer dad! Anthony "Tony" Soprano was no Ward Cleaver, but he's definitely the most powerful dad on this list. The ruthless Underboss of a New Jersey crime family! For all his faults though Tony seems to genuinely love his wife and his two teenage kids….